--- title: "Hong Kong to Shanghai (HKG → PVG): distance and flight time · Orbit" description: "Hong Kong to Shanghai is 1,255 km (780 mi) great circle, an estimated 2h 04m in the air. The route, what it flies over, and why the short way is not the straight line on a map." url: https://orbitflights.app/routes/hkg-to-pvg --- HKG → PVG # Hong Kong to Shanghai: distance, flight time and the route it really takes Hong Kong to Shanghai Pudong is 1,255 km of great circle — 780 mi — and an estimated 2h 04m in the air. Both ends are in Asia. **Great circle** 1,255 km 780 mi **Estimated in the air** 2h 04m block time **Furthest from equator** 31.1°N at 100% along **One lap of Earth** 3.1% of 40,075 km Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 236th longest. The Hong Kong to Shanghai route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe ## What the aircraft actually flies over From Hong Kong the path crosses China. The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 31.1°N, 100% of the way along. Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree. The heading barely moves: north-east out of Hong Kong, north-east into Shanghai. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass. One economy seat on it is about 186 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming. [HKG–PVG carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=HKG&to=PVG) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=HKG-PVG) From HKG ## Hong Kong Hong Kong, Hong Kong · Asia 22.3°N, 113.9°E [HKG airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/hkg) [Flights to Hong Kong →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/hong-kong) To PVG ## Shanghai Pudong Shanghai, China · Asia 31.1°N, 121.8°E [PVG airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/pvg) [Flights to Shanghai →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/shanghai) ## Hong Kong to Shanghai, asked and answered **How far is Hong Kong to Shanghai?** Hong Kong to Shanghai (HKG to PVG) is 1,255 km, or 780 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports. **How long is the flight from Hong Kong to Shanghai?** About 2h 04m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing. **What route does a Hong Kong to Shanghai flight take?** The great circle passes over China. It reaches 31.1°N at its furthest from the equator. ## Where these numbers come from Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules. [Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained) ## Flown this one? Orbit logs it in two taps and draws the arc on your own globe, along with every other flight you can remember. Free for your first 15. [Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit) ## Nearby routes [PEK → PVG Beijing to Shanghai 1,099 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/pek-to-pvg) [ICN → PVG Seoul to Shanghai 822 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/icn-to-pvg) [HKG → BKK Hong Kong to Bangkok 1,690 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hkg-to-bkk) [HKG → TPE Hong Kong to Taipei 806 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hkg-to-tpe) [HND → PVG Tokyo to Shanghai 1,738 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hnd-to-pvg) [PEK → HKG Beijing to Hong Kong 1,992 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/pek-to-hkg) ## Further reading [How many miles do you have to fly around the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/how-many-miles-to-fly-around-the-world) [What is on the exact opposite side of the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/opposite-side-of-the-world) [What's actually worth counting in a flight log](https://orbitflights.app/blog/what-is-worth-counting-in-a-flight-log) --- Markdown copy of https://orbitflights.app/routes/hkg-to-pvg for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt